ICANN ASO AC Report to ARIN Public Policy Mtg

http://www.aso.icann.org/ Cathy Wittbrodt

Thanks to Hans Petter Holen and Sabine Jaume

Address Council members

AC appointments to the board

Name Term Region (years) Rob Blokzijl 3 Europe Pindar Wong 1 Asia Pacific Ken Fockler 2 Americas

Call for Nominations

• • • One ICANN board term will expire in September Call for nominations has been sent.

Responses required before April 19 th .

ASO functions

• • • Address Council ASO Open meetings (General Assembly) Secretariat

Mailing Lists

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Timetable

• 1999-08-26 ICANN accepted proposal • 1999-10-18 MOU (ready to be) Signed • 1999-10-19 Complete address council selected • 1999-10-22 Nominations to ICANN dir. From RIRs • 1999-10-25 AC phone conf. Selection of directors @0700-1400 2300 • 1999-11-01 AC informal meeting • 1999-11-02 AC open meeting • 1999-11-03 MOU Signed at ICANN open meeting • 2000-01-23 Phone conf – not properly called for • 2000-02-15 Phone conf – did not reach a quorum • 2000-02-16 electronic vote #1 • 2000-03-02 Phone conf • 2000-05-19 Budapest ASO General Assembly Meeting

Open AC meeting 1999-11-02

• Welcome & Introduction • Selection of AC Chair • Review of ASO board member terms • Review of functions • AC meetings • Calendar included 1st General Assembly • Review of Ad Hoc meeting • Open floor – AOB • Minutes @ http://aso.icann.org/mailing-lists/aso policy/9912/msg00000.html

AC phone conf 2000-01-23

• 0) Administrative • 1) Status of the meeting.

• 2) Openness and Procedures for the AC • 3) Case study of the above • 4) Draft Answer to Mike Roberts • 5) Further meetings • 6) Review of Action list • 7) ad Hoc Group Agenda • Minutes to be posted shortly

AC phone conf 2000-02-15

• As we were only 4 AC members, we did not reach the quorum : we postponed the formal meeting.

• We had a 20 minutes informal discussion about : - possibility to use rotating conf call numbers - attending the 17/02 conf call on At Large membership : RB will attend - process on elections - Calgary AC meeting to decide quickly

Electronic vote # 1

Request No: 2000-1 Title: ASO General meeting 2000 Decision: The General assembly meeting is to be held in page Budapest on Friday 2000-05-19 1400 Supplementary Decision: put this procedure on the web Attached Document: Background material Type: regular Start: 2000-02-16 Deadline: 2000-02-18 Charge: Hans Petter Holen

Background

• 1) At the Los Angeles meeting the AC was ready to make a decision on when and where to host the meeting. The RIRs asked us to let them come up with a proposal.

• 2) After consultation the RIRs agreed to offer the RIPE meeting in Budapest as the site for the ASO general meeting.

• 3) To the chairs knowledge this decision has been supported by Cathy, Dave, Wilfried, Arano, Sabine and HPH.

• 4) This call for a vote is to finally settle the decision in a formal way.

The RIPE meeting schedule for Budapest: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/current/ripe 35/index.html#plan

• All in favour

Result

Conclusion:

• We should move forward and seek to make email votes part of the formal desicion mechanisms of the Address Council

AC meeting 2000-03-02

• Decision on 1st version of ASO procedures • Decision to make e-mail voting procedure the standard decision mechanism • Followup on messages to the AC/ASO • RIR/IANA relation ship and AC involvement in policy related parts of these contracts • Egypt meeting presentation • Physical AC meeting in Budapest • Endorsement of the ASO open meeting decision

Primary goals for the AC

• Move forward • On address policy issues; give the ICANN board technically solid advice based on the input from the open regional process • Build strong relations to ICANN and our community through the Regional Policy fora.

Conference call about At Large Membership

• February 17th • Hosted by the Center for Democracy and Technology and Common Cause • These groups are studying the At Large membership from a public interest perspective.

• Attendees: Kim Hubbard, Hans Petter Holen, Raimundo Beca, Takashi Arano, Lusan Chua, Cathy Wittbrodt

Agenda for Conference Call

• What would be the ideal result of an At Large election for the ASO?

• Do you agree or disagree with the current election rules? Please describe why you agree or disagree.

• Do you have ideas for how the At Large election might be improved?

Discussion Summary

• There were concerns that the At Large directors may not have the technical expertise to understand issues important to IP address space • Checks and balances • Concern that technical community is not involved enough in the ICANN process, further that the “SOs” should have greater authority in their area of expertise.

• Online report is available: www.commoncause.org/icann or www.cdt.org/dns

Independent Review Panel

• In Cairo ICANN approved an Independent Review Panel.

• http://www.icann.org/indreview/policy.htm

• The IRP will decide whether an action of the ICANN Board is consistent with its Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation

Requirements of IRP Members

• A nominee to the IRP should be a person of high professional standing and accomplishment.

• A nominee to the IRP should be (i) a current or former judge, and/or (ii) an individual with legal training who would qualify for judicial appointment and who has experience conducting arbitration or a similar dispute resolution proceeding.

• A nominee to the IRP must hold no other office or position within the ICANN structure.

Nominating Committee Responsibilities

• The nominating committee will nominate 9 individuals to serve on the Review Panel.

• ASO AC to nominate two of its members to serve on an Independent Review Nominating Committee • Other members of the Nominating committee will be selected by the other Supporting Organizations